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language branches

language branches is the plural of language branch.

Meaning of language branch

Noun

language branch (plural language branches)

  1. A subcategory within a language family, which groups together languages that share a common ancestor more recent than the proto-language of the language family.

Questions about language branches

What is language branches the plural of?
Language branches is the plural of language branch.

Words near language branches in the dictionary

  1. language barrier
  2. language barriers
  3. language border
  4. language borders
  5. language branch
  6. language branches
  7. language change
  8. language code
  9. language codes
  10. language contact
  11. language contacts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: language branches (page history and authors); language branch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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